The farmhouse on the M62 is one of the most recognisable landmarks on the motorway and now the owners of the farmhouse have revealed why it's there.
Stott Hall Farm stands proudly between the two carriageways on the motorway which links Liverpool to Manchester and Leeds.
Over the years since the M62 was built in the 1960s, a raft of rumours and urban myths have sprung up as to why Stott Hall Farm remains - reports Mirror Online.
It is a commonly held belief that the farmer who owned the property when the motorway was built, Ken Wild, had refused to sell his house and land when plans for the six lane M62 were approved.
Planners are then said to have found a way around the issue by simply building the motorway around his farm.
But Ken, who lived in Stott Hall Farm with his wife, Beth, and their flock of sheep, wasn't quite the rebel everyone assumes him to be.
A documentary, filmed almost 20 years after the motorway was completed, has revealed the truth about why the farm is in the middle of a motorway.
Filmed in 1983 and released a few years ago by the British Film Institute (BFI), Clegg's People explains why the road could never have been built on the farm.
Journalist Michael Clegg explains: "A geological fault beneath the farmhouse meant it was more practical for engineers to leave it rather than blast through and destroy it.
"Outside the noise is relentless but inside it’s as peaceful and cosy as any farmhouse."
Ken and his wife Beth had moved into the farmhouse in 1934 and always insisted the motorway didn't bother them.
Although Beth did admit it made cleaning harder as the sheer number of cars speeding by meant it could get very dusty.
Heartbreakingly though, the couple did witness a few fatal crashes while they were living on the farm.
But the nearest they came to disaster was 4.20am one morning when a 32ft lorry ended up overturned in their yard.
Beth explained: “The driver climbed out through the windscreen. He wasn’t hurt at all."
Eleven years ago, Jill Falkingham bought the house along with her husband Phil, and the couple moved in with their son, John-William.
They completely renovated the home, which dates back to 1737, and Jill has always insisted it's no different to living anywhere else.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News she said: “Traffic is very close, but it’s always windy here, which takes the pollution away. Students from the University of Huddersfield took soil and air samples and actually pollution is surprisingly low.
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“We have treble glazing and it’s no different to living anywhere that has a road.”
The only thing that can be a frustration is the constant noise, which Jill says she's "sensitive" to.
But she stressed she'd loved living in the unusual home.
Jill said: "A lot of people say it’s bleak and like Wuthering Heights but I don’t see it like that. I think it’s beautiful.”
